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Loud ‘n proud, even in the preseason!!

Posted in Fashionable Fans, Football, tagged Camp Casey, CHS Wolves, Claire Mietus, fans, football, Maggie Crimmins on July 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

CHS cheerleader Maggie Crimmins came prepared. (John Fisken photos)

The scouts get their first look at the new talent.

Wolf cheerleader Claire Mietus, rockin’ the evening’s most comfortable footwear.

Dinner and a show.

Is Ethan Kedrowski getting ready to run a route or trying to scope out what they’re eating on the sideline?

Wolf freshman Ulrik Wells made his high school football debut, and he had a boisterous fan club ready to cheer him on.

No one travels like Wolf fans.

And yes, going all the way out to Camp Casey isn’t exactly the same as trekking to, say, Eastern Washington. I get that.

But there was still a pretty good turnout Friday night for little more than a scrimmage, as Coupeville and visiting Lakeside stretched out their football muscles.

Wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken was in the area and snapped some pics of the Wolf National faithful to go along with his photos of gridiron warriors.

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Still on track!!

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, new oval, track and field on July 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The view down what will soon be the backstretch of a new CHS/CMS track oval. (John Fisken photos)

The pit o’ dreams.

School may be out, but work continues.

Crews are deep into installing a new track oval at Mickey Clark Field, as the days count down towards the start of a new CHS football season.

The old track was ripped away, the stands dismantled and the press box destroyed, and, day by day, the new running surface gets closer to a reality.

These latest photos come to us courtesy John Fisken, who haunts the joint still.

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Catch an early taste of Friday Night Lights!!

Posted in Football, tagged Camp Casey, CHS Wolves, football, Hunter Downes, John Fisken photos, Lakeside, summer scrimmage on July 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Topknot firmly in place, Wolf QB Hunter Downes comes out firing. (John Fisken photos)

Teo Keilwitz gets ready to explode.

Jacob Martin daydreams of blowing up South Whidbey.

Mitchell Carroll hauls in a pass under pressure.

Freshman Dawson Houston makes his debut with the big boys.

CHS assistant coach Ryan King (in hat) discusses the finer points of the offense with his players.

Jacob Zettle, ready to terminate.

Downes makes a connection with center Julian Welling.

It’s still very much mid-summer, even if the Whidbey weather doesn’t always seem like it.

But, even with that said, it’s only six weeks until the Coupeville High School football squad kicks off the 2016-2017 prep sports season with a Sept. 2 home showdown versus South Whidbey.

Putting in work to get ready, the Wolves faced off with Lakeside in a 7 on 7 scrimmage at Camp Casey Friday night, and wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken was nice enough to swing by and snap these pics for us.

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Register or Jae LeVine gives you a wedgie!!

Posted in Running, tagged CHS Wolves, Class of 2017, Ebey's Prairie, Jae LeVine, Race the Reserve on July 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »

You can't escape from CHS Class of 2017 President Jae LeVine. She will find you and she will make you register for Race the Reserve (John Fisken photo)

Lock the car and roll up the windows — Jae LeVine will still find you and make you register for Race the Reserve. (John Fisken photo)

Do you want to make Jae LeVine happy and save $5?

Then get off your duff and register for Race the Reserve before today is done.

The annual run, a fundraiser for the Coupeville High School Class of 2017 (LeVine is Class Prez), features a half marathon, 10K and 5K and hits the road Aug. 13.

Wait to register in-person on the day of the race and you’ll have to give up five more George Washington’s before you head off to ramble across the prairie.

Cost (through today) is $60 for the half marathon, $40 for the 10K and $30 for the 5K.

With construction on a new track making Mickey Clark Field a no-trespassing zone, the race will start and finish in front of the high school gym this year.

To find out more (and save that $5 by registering today) pop over to:

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Pretty, pretty, pretty good … but not great!!

Posted in stats, tagged Basketball, CHS Wolves, Track, rankings, 1A on July 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Lindsey Roberts (20) and Lauren Grove (3) were key players last year for both girls basketball and track. (John Fisken photo)

It’s time to take the next step.

Two years ago, Coupeville High School left behind the 1A/2A Cascade Conference and joined Port Townsend, Klahowya and Chimacum in starting the 1A Olympic League.

Since then, the Wolves have acquitted themselves strongly, jumping from 40 league wins and two titles (girls basketball and tennis) in 2014-2015 to 42 wins and a league-best four titles (girls basketball and tennis, plus baseball and boys tennis) this past school year.

CHS, despite trailing Klahowya 445-227 in the latest Washington Interscholastic Activities Association student body counts, has more than held its own with the Eagles, and, as a school, is well ahead of its other two league mates.

Not bad, especially when you realize Coupeville is the 6th-smallest true 1A school, and Klahowya is the 2nd-biggest.

What has been missing for the Wolves, though, is major postseason success.

A study posted today by The Columbian in Vancouver breaks down success at state tournaments across 15 sports, and it finds Coupeville was the 50th most successful 1A school (out of 64) over the past two years.

Not surprisingly, ritzy private school King’s tops the chart (by a lot), while Klahowya is #22.

That’s based largely on state titles won by the Eagles soccer programs, since the chart gives five points for a team championship.

The Wolves racked up three points in two years, earning a single point apiece for three separate teams which finished between 9th and 16th at state.

The CHS girls’ hoops program, which lost to Cashmere in the Regional (final 16) round of the state tourney this winter, nabs one.

The other two points come courtesy the Wolf track teams, with the girls (11th at state this year) and boys (15th) being recognized for their work in Cheney this spring.

So, what’s the positive?

Easy, Coupeville got some points, unlike five schools — Bush, Eastside Prep, Stevenson, River View and Wahluke, which were blanked over the past two years.

That’s got to really sting for Wahluke, which at 422.5 students, is the fifth-biggest 1A school in student body size.

But there’s also a heck of a lot of room for improvement for Coupeville to make.

The Wolves need to make that next step, turning league success into postseason success, much as they did in the early-to-mid 2000s.

A 3rd place finish by the 2002 softball squad.

Three top-eight performances by the girls’ basketball program from 2002-2005.

A long string of success in the Cheney sun by the track teams.

It’s happened before, and it can (and should) happen again.

Coupeville just needs to take that next step.

To see the Columbian story, pop over to: